Rail-joint.



J. MROZ.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1914.

1,1 2 1 1 1 9. Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

JACENTY MRGZ, OF SOUTH ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

RAIL-JOINT- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Application filed. September 26, 1914. Serial No. 863,669.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, JAGENTY Mnoz, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at South StJoseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful In1pr0vcments in RailJoints, of which the following a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rail joints.

The primary object of this invention is to provide complementally formed ends upon adjacent rails whereby the rails may be firmly locked together in longitudinal alinement, without bolts, screws or other hold-fast devices.

A further object is the provision of special cutting and forming of ordinary rail ends whereby two rails may be positioned with such ends abutting, one of these ends being formed as a socketed or grooved member and the other as a tongue member.

iVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the ment of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a partof this application and in which like-designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of assembled rail ends formed as now designed. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof but with the rail treads shown in horizontal section through the joint. Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the socketed end of such a formed rail, and Fig. 4c is a similar view of the other form of rail end which is adapted to interlock therewith.

Referring more in detail to the drawings it is to be noted that the invention contemplates an employment of the usual formof railroad rails, the end portions of which are shown at 10 and 11, and are positionable with the treads 12 and 13 thereof in substantial continuity for forming the rail surface upon whichthe rollin stock is adapted to travel.

The extreme end portions of the rails are complementally formed after the manners illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, and without the addition of any metal. The socketed end shown in Fig. 3 is formed bycutting away the employment of any novel combination and arrange.

the web 14 of the end 10 and providing a curved end edge 15 upon the said web which is provided with a central longitudinal slot 16, it being also noted that the base flange 17 is provided with an end notch 18 in alinement with and of the same width as the web 10. The tread 12 is cutaway as at 19 on the underside thereof, and at its extreme end,

and is provided wit-l1 a central rectangular.

the base flange 25 of the rail is cut-away as at 26 on both sides of the web. The tread 13 of the said rail end 11 is cut-away for more than one-half of its upper portionas at 27 and provides an upper face 28 upon the remaining end portion of the tread which has a block 29 at the end thereof, and

upon the end of which block the rib 23 is extended.

It will be of course apparent that with the employment of a plurality of rails for forming long lines of track, that each rail will have one end formed after the manner illustrated in Fig. 3 while its other end will be formed as shown in Fig. 4, it being noted that the inner edge 30 of the block 29 is in-' clined toward the face 28.

lVith the rail ends formed as illustrated and described, one of the rails such as the one having the end 11 which it is desired to connect to the rail end 10 may be tilted and the rib 23 slidably positioned within the slot 16 and upon returning the rail end 11 to its horizontal position, the rib end 22 of the rail 11 will slide upon the web end 15 of the rail 10 until the block 29 enters and is seated within the tread socket 20 and at which time the lower portion of the web 21 of the end 11 will be positioned within the notch 18 of the rail end 10. The face 28 of the cut away portion of the tread 13 will be in contact with the lower face of the projecting portion of the tread 12 and will be supported thereby. By this arrangement it will be seen that the rails having their ends so formed may be readily engaged together in.

the manner indicated, and they may be. as

pro- 7 readily disengaged by a relative tilting of one of the rails for removing the engaging members.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed to be the preferred embodiments, is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims. 'lVhat I claim is '1. A rail joint comprising complementally formed rail ends, one of the same consisting of a-rail end having an under portion of its tread cut away and provided with a rectan-' gular socket and also having its web cut away in an upwardly inclined curve and having a central longitudinal slot in said .curved end of the web and terminating in the said tread socket, and also having an end notch centrally positioned in its base flange in alinement with and of the same width as formed rail ends,

the web, the other of said rail ends being complementally formed for inter-engage ment with the said socket, slot and notch.

' 2; A rail joint comprising complementally one of the same consisting of a rail end having an under portion of its tread cut away and provided with a rectangular socket and also having its web cut awayin an upwardly inclined curve and having a central longitudinal slot in said curved end of the web and terminating in the said tread socket, and alsohaving an end notch centrally positioned in its base flange Copies of this patent may be obtained for five'cents each,

Washington, D. C.

end block thereon, a

with two rail ends, one of the same having its tread cutaway forming a horizontal face, and also having its base flange cut away upon the opposite sides of the web, the terminal edge of the web being upwardly curved, an integral block formed at the w front edge of said horizontalfaceand hav ing a slanting rear edge, a projecting rib centrally provided'npon the terminal edge of said web and extending across the front edge of said block and angularly to the bottom edge of the rail, the other of said rail ends being complementally formed with a tread socket, a web slot and a flange notch for inter-engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature i in presence of two witnesses.

JAGENTY MROZ.

lVitnesses I Momn H. CRAIG, FRANK BoRKow-sin.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 

